Apparatus for and method of making pastry shells.



E. H. LANIERr APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF MAKING PASTRY SHELLS.

' APPLICATION FILED MAR. 21, 190B.

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APPLICATION FKLED MAR. 21, 5908,

Patented June 10, 1913.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD H. LANIER, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

- s. APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF MAKING PASTRY SHELLS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 10, 1913.

A im tion filed Mm. 21, 1908. Serial No. 422,516.

To all whom it may concern tie it. known that l', EDWARD H. LANIBR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati. in the county of Hamilton and State of ()bio, have invented certain nen and useful Improvements in Apparatus for and Method of Making Pastry Shells, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relat s to the manufacture of hollow shells of pastry of suitable forms for the reception of ices or other materials or articles used in pastry, and consists in an amiaratus whereby to rapidly mold and bake the material used in the manufacture of such articles,-as fully set forth hereinafter and as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing one form in which the apparatus may be used, one set of the sectional molds open in the position they would occupy after the shells had been baked and. withdrawn therefrom; Fig. 2 is a partial end view in part section; Fig. '3 a transverse section; Fig. 4a longi tudinal section at one end of the apparatus; Fig. 5 shows a modification. Fig. 6 a sec tionpn the line ti-(S, Fig. 2.

lit-fore describing the details of the improved apparatus I will refer to those features which serve more directly to form from a. suitable batter or paste a shell or receptacle in which to deposit ice cream, or any of the materials in pastry of various kinds. There is a cone, or preferably a series of cones. 2. suitable shape, but. as shown. are strictly conical. and the batter or paste sutliciently liqu d to adhere to the cone when dipped therein. There is also a mold, or series of molds. 3, each corresponding in general form to the form of the cone, but a cavity in each section of the mold is larger than the cone to the extent required to produce the ,shell of required thickness, a -l preferably the said czwity is provided. with suitable depres sions or grooves and rib into which the paste mar be. press d to thereby form upon the articl produced any desired pattern in relief. and the molds are externally heated. The mines are first dipped in the batter which adheres thereto. and are then carried and forced into the molds, andthe heating of. the latter serves to bake the material, and in order to separate it from the molds the latter are sectional, one section being hinged so as toswing, away from the other.

whi h may be of anv The above described parts, While they may be supported and arranged in ditlerent ways in a machine intended to produce a large number of articles at one time, are shown in the drawing in the construction and arrangement which has been found most suitable. The cones may be in one or two series 9 asshown they are in two parallel series-of ninc cones each, connected together by a plate constituting a support therefor, and two like series of molds are connected to aplate C constituting a support: therefor, and each series of molds is divided vertically, the outer sections being hinged to the inner sections at the bottom so as to swing outward. and when the swinging sections are brought together they are locked in place, partly by a spring clip H, and partly by pins 1 projecting downward from the sup- 5 port; A of the cones into recesses I) in the connecting plate of the swinging sections of the mold. a

The molds are suitably supported by thefran'lework of the machine, and the support A of the cones is provided with vertical guide-bars E to permit. the said support to be raised 'or lowered to tarry the cones out of and into the molds, and a paste carrier F V is suitably supported so that it may be carried beneath the cones, which may then be dipped into the paste carrier. and then elevated. The carrier may be a simple trough, or. as shown. may consist of a. series of re ceptaelcs 5. corresponding in arrangement with that of the cones. As shown the paste carrier l is supported to swing-at one end upon a. vertical pintle 6. connected with the frame of the machine so that. it may be carried beneath the cones, or swung to one side out of the way. v

\"ith the molds is'combined any suitable heating apparatus. As shown there is an oven or easing P, rectangnlar in shape and provided at the bottom with a gas burner Z to which a mixture of gas and air is supplied from mixing tubes 7, arranged opposite gas jets supplied by a pipe 8, supported upon the outside of the casing.

Each side I of the casing is hinged at. the 5 bottomso as to fall outward, asshown in Fig. 1, and the outwardly'hinged section of i the mold may also swing outward at thesametime, and to prevent. any shock resulting from sudden movements, the dropping side of t-he easing is suitably counterbalanced, as by means of a chain .10, passing I over a pulley 11, at the inside of the casing and connected with a weight K. It will of course be understood that when there is only a-single row of molds, only one side of the casing will drop, but where .there are a series of molds both sides of the casing will drop, and each is suitably counterweighted. After the articles have been baked the cones are raised, but the shells will adhere to the molds, especially when the latter are ribbed and have projections for forming Ornaments on the exterior of the shells, and after the lifting of the cones a carrier L, consisting of a wooden bar provided with a series of wooden cones 13, is introduced into the shells; the sides of the molds are dropped outward, and the carrier L takes with it the shells without, the necessity of handling the latter, and the shells may be thereafter readily removed from the holder for use.

While the above described parts may be used as set forth, it is found preferable in some cases, in order to more effectively and evenly cook the paste, to be able to reverse the cone and mold holders with their cones posite the flame of the heater, and my apparatusis especially constructed to make such reversal. Thus the holder C of the series of molds is provided at each end with a segment of a disk 15, which fitsa curved recess in the end 16 of the casing, and each of said segments may rest in the recess, or preferably upon antifriction rollers 17, and upon the cone holder A at each end is another segment 18 which, with the segment 15 completes around disk when the two holders are together as shown in Fig. 2, so'that both parts may be turned together within the curved recesses of the ends of the casing.

In order to support the'cone holder or carrier in its position in respect 't-ot'he carrier or support of the molds, whilepermitting the cone carrier to be raised and lowered, each of the guide-bars E of'the cone support is'fitted to slide between guides 19 at the outside of-the disk 15, and the prallelism of the support A to the support G is 'main- 'tained by providing eachguide bar with-a rack to engage a pinion 20, the two 'pinions 20 being upon opposite ends of a shaftill, extending through the disks-across the machine-so that both will turn together and operate to raise therespectire endsof the support A in unison. It will be'iseen that.

these guide bars andjracks being carried by the disks:15, while permit-ting thej'adjustment of the support A in respect to. the sup-.

port C, retain their relative position whatever may be the position to whichthe parts are turned, and that therefore the said parts may be turned so as to bring either end or either side-of the molds'into position to be properly heated by the heater."-Preferably and molds, to bring the upper portions op;

each guide-bar consists of two parallel rods or bars, one of which only has a rack-upon it as this secures a better bearing.

-Any suitable meansmay be employed for' turning the pinion 20, but, as shown, the pinion is wide enough to mesh with the teeth of a spur wheel 22, the shaft 23 of which has its bearings in the parts carried by the disk 15, and is provided with 'a handle T by means of which it may be turned.

' In order to hold the handle in any position in which it may be placed it is provided wit-h a lock bolt 24, the end of which is adapted to the teeth of a notched disk 25 secured in a stationary position upon the guides 19, and this bolt is connected to be operated by means of a latch 26, pivoted to the handle T, so that whenthe end of the handle and the said latch are gripped by the hand the bolt will be withdrawn, and on releasing the grip upon the latch 26, .a spring 40, will throw the bolt 24 inward. The bars E may be provided with handles 27 which may be seized in order to turnthe disks and the parts carried thereby. When the handle is operated to turn the pinions 20 and raise the support A, it is best to lock the support C in place, which may bedone by means of a pin 29.

In coating the cones it is not necessary to swing the batter receptacle below the cones. The oven-and core plate supports may be pivoted to swing to one side so as todip the cones into a receptacle at that side'as indi-. cated in Fig. 5. The core plate in such case is on trunnions so as tomaintain it's horizontal position,- After thus coating th cores the parts are then carried to a vertica position and. the'cones lowered into-the .to shape to produce hollow pastry shells of any desired form. It will also be obvious that various other changes in details of the mechanism described may be niade .without departing from the spirit and seo'oeof the .120 invention. I

7 Therefore without limiting myself toth particular construction and arrangement-of par'ts shown and described, I clalm as my invention, II 4 1. In a machine formaking pastry shells, the combination of a series'of molds, a "corresponding series ofcone. and a pastry receptacle constructed to permit the vertical introduction and withdrawal of the cones, 1,80

16. The combination of a series of sectional molds, the outer sections of the molds hinged to drop outward, a casing with a hinged side, means for locking the hinged section [of the molds and the hinged side of the casing in position and for releasing the same, and means for counterbalancing the bin ed side of the casing.

1 The combination ina machine of the character described, of a supporting frame, a batter receptacle supported by said frame, a female die mounted to swing in the frame, and a male 'die supported to swing with the female-die and independently movable to and from the batter receptacle and, to and from the female die.

18. The combination in a machine of the character described, of a supporting frame, a female die carried by said frame, a male die connected with the frame and movable to and from the female die, and a batter receptacle, said receptacle and male die being relatively movable whereby said die may be coated with batter in the receptacle.

19. The combination in a machine of the character described, of a supporting frame, a female die carried by said frame, a male die mounted on the frame and movable to and from the female die, and a batter receptacle open at the top, supported at one side of the female (he. said receptacle and male die being relatively movable to permit the male die to be coated with batter in said receptacle.

20. The combination, in a machine of the character described, of a series of molds or female dies, a series of cones or male dies, relatively movable supports for said parts permitting engagement and separation of the molds and cones at will, a batter receptacle, said receptacle and cones being relatively movable, means for moving the cone support relatively to the molds and to the batter receptacle whereby the cones may be, successively, withdrawn from the molds, moved into and from the batter receptacle, and returned to the molds, and heating means for baking the batter introduced into the molds by the cones.

21. The combination, in a machine of the character described, of a series of molds or female dies, :1 series of cones or male dies, relatively movable suppoits for said parts permitting engagement and separation of the molds and cones at will, a batter receptacle, said receptacle and cones being relatively movable, means for effecting relative movement between the cone support and molds and between the cone support and bat ter receptacle whereby the cones may be, successively, withdrawn from the molds, moved into and from the batter receptacle, and returned to the molds, and heating means for bakingthe batter introduced into the molds by the cones.

22, The combination, in a'machine of the character described, of a series of molds or female dies, a series of cones or male dies, relatively movable supports for said parts permitting the engagement and separation of the molds and cones at will, a batter receptacle having a series of compartments open at the top and corresponding in number and relative arrangement to the cones, said receptacle and cones being relatively movable, means for effecting relative movement between the cone support and molds and between the cone support and batter re ceptacle whereby the cones may be, successively, withdrawn from the molds, coated with batter in the batter receptacle, and returned to the molds, and heating means for baking the batter introduced into the molds by th cones.

23. The combination, in a machine of the character described, of a frame, relatively movable male and female dies connected with the frame, and a batter receptacle, said male die and batter receptacle being relatively, movable, whereby the male die may be coated with batter in the receptacle.

24. The combination, in a machine of the character described, of a frame, a plurality of separable male and female dies connected with the frame, means for effecting separation ofsaid dies, and a batter receptacle, said receptacle and male die members being relatively movable, whereby said male dies may be coated with batter in the receptacle.

25. The combination, in a machine of the character described, of a frame, a lumlity' of female dies, supported by the plurality of male dies connected With-Eb; frame and movable to'andf-rom the female dies, and a batter reccptacl 1 having a. plurality of pockets corresponding in number and arrangement to the male dies, said receptacle and male dies being relatively movable, whereby the male dies may be coated with batter in the receptacle and then introduced into the female dies.

26. A molding machine of the class set forth, comprising a pair of separable matrix i and core members, a frame in which said members are rotatably mounted having a, journal and guide, means for raising one of said members clear of the other in said guide, means for holding said members together in said journal to complete a mold cavity, heating means to which the sides of said matrix and coremember's are reversibly exposed, and means for turning said me1nbers over in said journal to expose their opposite faces to said heating means. .27. In a machine for making past shells, the combination of a series of vert1- cally arranged female molds'or dies each comprising two sections hinged together at their lower ends, a corresponding series of male dies mounted to move into and from the female dies, and means tor heating the dies. v

In a machine for making pastry shells. the combination of a series of vertically arranged female molds or dies each comprising a plurality of laterally separable set-time, a corresponding series of male dies movable into and t'rtm the female dies,

- llitfzllis for locking the movable sections of the female dies in closed position adapted to be automatically rendered inoperative as the male dies are" withdrawn from the female dies, and means for heating the dies.

2.). ln a machine for making pastry shells, the combination of a series of female molds or dies mounted to rock about a horizontal axis, and each comprising a plurality of laterally separable sections, a corresponding series of male dies adapted to be moved into or from the t'emale dies when the latter are in vertical position with their open ends upward and when. within said female dies to turn therewith aboutthe aforesaid axis, and means for; heating the dies.

3 The method f forming and baking pastry shells by means of co-aoting male and female dies which comprises applying to the male die a coating of the material to be baked, then inserting the die in the female die, and then baking the material between the dies.

31. The method of forming and baking pastry shells by means of co-act-ing male and female dies which comprises dipping the male die in a batter or paste of the material to be l)atn:d,tlien inserting the coated die in the female die, and then baking the material between the dies.

32. The method of forming and baking pastry shellsby means of co-acting male and female dies which comprises heating the male (lie, then applying to the heated male die a coating of the material to be baked, then inserting the coated die in the female die, and then baking the material between the dies.

33. The method of forming and baking pastry shells by means of co-acting male and female dies which comprises heating the male die, then dipping the heated male die in a batter or paste of the material to be baked, then inserting the coated die in the female die, and then baking the material between the dies.

34. In a machine for making pastry shells, the combination of relatively movable male and female dies, a batter receptacle, and a movable support for said batter receptacle adapted to carry it into position intermediate said dies when they are rated, the male die being movable into said batter receptacle to coat the same with batter. l

35. In a machine for making pastry shells, the combination of male and female dies relatively movable in a vertical direction, and a batter receptacle movable into and out of position between said dies, the male die being movable into and out of the batter receptacle.

36. In a machine for making pastry shells, the combination of a support for a plurality of female dies, a support for a plurality of male dies, said supports being relatively movable in a vertical direction, and a batter receptacle movable into and out of position between the dies on said supports, the said male die support being movable to and from the batter receptacle to coat the dies with batter.

, In a machine for making pastry shells, the combination of a support for a plurality of female dies, a support for a plurality of male dies, said supports being relatively movable, and a batter receliitacle movable to and from position between said male and female dies, the male die support being movable to and from the batter receptacle when the latter isin said intermediate position to coat the dies with batter.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD II. LANIER.

\Vitnesses F. K. Dini-zsnnoir, JOHN J. Kmxnr. 

